The Author

The journey of a doctor who found her inner compass

Origin

I was born in 1994 in Itabira, a small mountain town in Brazil, also the birthplace of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Itabira was simple, modest, and steady. Nothing around me shouted ambition. And yet, desire was taking shape where I least expected, at home.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet from Itabira
Drummond from Itabira, a quiet force in my origin story
Cynthia as a child in Brazil
Ordinary days, growing curiosity

Life felt ordinary, yet the inner voice grew. That quiet resilience became essential in medicine and writing.

The inspiration

My parents were a young, humble couple determined to build something lasting. They traded short-term comfort for long-term meaning, working overtime, selling vacation days, and saving relentlessly until they could hold the keys to a home of their own.

Cynthia with her siblings
My siblings and me, the reason their sacrifices stretched further
My parents in Brazil
Two people, one steady desire to build a home
Desire can outrun circumstance.
Cynthia working as a doctor
Medicine trained my eye to truly see

Medicine and the gaze

I became a radiologist. Medicine taught me to observe, recognize, and interpret. That gaze soon spilled into writing, about desire, about the quiet emptiness so many high performers feel, and about the beauty of listening for an inner voice the world teaches us to silence.

Radiology Observation Listening

A new desire

Education shaped my path, and eventually I graduated in Medicine. Amid the noise of everyday thoughts, a clear want emerged. I wanted to publish a book, not as a credential but as a compass. To name the operative void and point people back to what moves them from within.

Desire did not push me, it pulled me.
Cynthia in graduation gown
Milestone that refined direction, not identity

My mission today

I am a doctor and a writer. I help people rediscover their authentic desires in a culture that rewards adaptation over truth. This journey I share is also an invitation to explore, together, the uncharted territory of our most genuine wanting.

Dr. Cynthia Camilo portrait today
Today, my work names the void and points back to desire